The watchful farmer [graphic].

Description

Title: The watchful farmer [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 June 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 4, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A prosperous farmer, who leans on his walking stick as he stands over his chubby, young worker who is caught resting under a tree; he scratches his head as he leans up on his elbow. His scythe is half-hidden in the left foreground. On the right in the distance, a woman and two other young men rake the hayfield. The farmer's dog sniffs the ground, right foreground
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '351' in lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Two lines of caption below title: Farmer. You lazy rascal what do you do here, why don't you work? such a fellow as you does not deserve the sun to shine on him. Haymaker. Indeed Master I thought so, therefore I've lain myself down in the shade.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: 1799.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.6 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 23 x 28.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper) 1799
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Farmers
Hay
Laziness
Raking (Sweeping)
Subjects: Dogs
Farmers
Hay
Laziness
Raking (Sweeping)
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
1799

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